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UGC NET December 2018 Philosophy — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET December 2018 Philosophy (UGC NET) — each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Use it as an answer key, or practise the full paper below.

  1. By what sense-organs do we perceive external substances according to the Naiyayikas? · Ans: B
  2. Which type of hetvabhasa is committed by the following anumana? 'Sacrifice (Yaga) is not the cause of heaven (Svarga) because it is an action (Kriyatvat).' · Ans: D
  3. According to the Naiyayikas, the relation between a pot and its colour can be perceived by: · Ans: D
  4. In epistemology, which type of Pratyaksa is called atindriya? · Ans: B
  5. Which one among the following is not a condition of vakyarthabodha? · Ans: C
  6. Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them in the context of Carvaka and select the correct code: · Ans: B
  7. Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Theory of error) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  8. God is the author of the Vedas, according to: · Ans: B
  9. The main point on which the Purva and the Uttara Mimamsa agree is: · Ans: B
  10. Which pair among the following accepts the existence of God? · Ans: D
  11. Which of the following best describes the classical Samkhya darsana? · Ans: C
  12. Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Work) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  13. There is a view that self is only an aggregate of mental states. Who holds this view? · Ans: D
  14. Who among the following does not believe in God? · Ans: C
  15. Mark the correct sequence in the context of the upanisads: · Ans: A
  16. Match List I (Requirement of the Hetu) with List II (Name) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  17. In Vedic tradition the source of all the powers of Gods is: · Ans: C
  18. Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Considering them in the light of Gandhi, select the correct code: · Ans: B
  19. In K. C. Bhattacharya's philosophy all the following propositions are true except: · Ans: C
  20. Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the light of Tagore's concept of Maya, select the correct code: · Ans: B
  21. Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Description) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  22. Select the correct code representing the different poises of mind in the process of evolution in the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo: · Ans: C
  23. Which of the following is considered as 'Temple of the Divine' according to Tagore? · Ans: A
  24. Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Considering them in the light of Jaina Philosophy, select the correct code: · Ans: B
  25. Yajna is performed for the benefit of: · Ans: A
  26. Match List I (Work) with List II (Philosopher) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  27. Match List I (Description) with List II (Philosopher) with reference to modern western philosophy and choose the correct code: · Ans: A
  28. Match List I with List II with reference to Locke and choose the correct code: · Ans: A
  29. For Rationalists, Innate ideas are: · Ans: C
  30. Consider the following statements with reference to Heraclitus and mark the correct code: · Ans: D
  31. Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them in the light of Parmenides and select the correct code: · Ans: A
  32. Which one of the following medieval philosophers argued that existence is the most important actuality, without which even the essence cannot be actual? · Ans: C
  33. The statement 'I assert that Krishna is innocent', in the context of Speech Act theory, is a: · Ans: A
  34. Which one of the following is correct with reference to the concept of 'Dasein' of Heidegger? · Ans: D
  35. With reference to logical positivism, which one of the following statements is correct? · Ans: C
  36. The view that 'All things were created good by God and evil is a corruption of that good' was held by: · Ans: A
  37. According to Locke, ideas of extension and duration are: · Ans: C
  38. 'Causality', according to Kant, is: · Ans: A
  39. Thales' philosophy is consistent with all the following except one. Select it: · Ans: D
  40. Who among the following philosophers equates 'Will to truth with will to power'? · Ans: C
  41. 'All life and all happiness are governed by the will to power' is the view held by: · Ans: B
  42. Consider Assertion (A) and Reason (R) in the light of the pragmatism of William James and mark the correct code: · Ans: B
  43. Match List I (Philosopher) with List II (Work) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  44. Who among the following is regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy? · Ans: B
  45. “Without being aware of an object, I can be aware of myself.” Which pair holds this view? · Ans: D
  46. Match List I (Statement) with List II (Philosopher) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  47. Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them and choose the correct code: · Ans: A
  48. Which one among the following is not a nitya dravya? · Ans: B
  49. Which system holds that there is a relation between a dravya and its guna, but we cannot perceive it? · Ans: B
  50. Which type of hetvabhasa is committed by the following anumana? 'Sabdah anitya caksusatvat.' · Ans: B
  51. Which system holds the definition of Prama as 'Tadvati Tatprakarakanubhavo'? · Ans: A
  52. Match List I with List II with reference to Nyaya darsana and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  53. The Vijnanavadi Buddhist's theory of error is named as: · Ans: C
  54. Match List I (School) with List II (View on validity) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  55. Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Doctrine) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  56. Which one among the following is a tautology? · Ans: A
  57. According to whom does a word denote jati only? · Ans: C
  58. A clear distinction between Anupramana and Kevalapramana was drawn by which of the following Vedantins? · Ans: C
  59. Knowing the meaning of a word from the behaviour of the elders is known as: · Ans: D
  60. Which type of Karana in Vaisesika metaphysics is not related to its Karya by the relation of inherence? · Ans: D
  61. Which one among the following is not included within the triratna of the Jainas? · Ans: B
  62. By which sannikarsa do we perceive 'gotva' (the universal cowness) according to the Nyaya? · Ans: C
  63. Who among the following has said that 'The Gita's teaching stands not for renunciation of action but for renunciation in action'? · Ans: C
  64. Select the alternative that states the correct sequence (of the four attitudes in the Yoga-sutra): · Ans: A
  65. Who among the following is of the view that 'Bhagavadgita is only karma oriented'? · Ans: B
  66. Which one among the following is not a characteristic of a sad-hetu? · Ans: C
  67. Match List I (Idea) with List II (Thinker) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  68. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  69. Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). Considering them in the light of 'Liberal Feminism', mark the correct code: · Ans: A
  70. What type of anumana is the following one, in Nyaya-Epistemology? 'Whatever is knowable is namable; the pot is knowable; therefore it is namable.' · Ans: B
  71. “Your mind is a unit of substance conceived as thought and your body is a unit of substance conceived as extension” is the standpoint of: · Ans: B
  72. Who among the following derives perception from matter in motion? · Ans: C
  73. Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to the correspondence theory of truth? · Ans: B
  74. The meaning of the Doctrine of Karma is: · Ans: D
  75. What is the meaning of Anatmavada in Buddhism? · Ans: D
  76. Consider the following statements in the light of Kant's maxims of morality and mark the correct code: · Ans: D
  77. Which ethical theory regards a moral judgment as the expression of the subject's approval and disapproval? · Ans: B
  78. Match List I (Writer) with List II (Writing) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  79. Who among the following upholds this view that 'Autonomy is the basis of the dignity of human and of every rational being'? · Ans: C
  80. Which one of the following is true regarding the objective of the Deterrent theory of punishment? · Ans: A
  81. Who among the following holds the view that 'Morality consists in obedience to the law of the State'? · Ans: B
  82. Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Source of moral obligation) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  83. According to whom is 'good' an indefinable, non-natural quality? · Ans: A
  84. Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Considering them in the light of Gandhi, select the correct code: · Ans: A
  85. Match List I (Writing) with List II (Writer) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  86. Which one among the following is an immediate antecedent cause of suffering (Duhkha) according to Buddhism? · Ans: C
  87. Who among the following philosophers holds that 'there could be no single unchanging set of perennial and ultimate human rights as human nature changes constantly'? · Ans: B
  88. Who among the following believes in the falsification theory and holds that there is no reliable rational method of induction? · Ans: B
  89. The meaning of Svatantrya in Madhva Vedanta is: · Ans: B
  90. If E, F and G are true statements and M and N are false statements, which one of the following is false? · Ans: D
  91. “From any true substitution instance of a propositional function, we may validly infer the existential quantification of that propositional function.” Identify the rule: · Ans: B
  92. If the proposition 'all men are mortal' is true, what is the truth-value of the proposition 'some men are not mortal'? · Ans: B
  93. Who among the following holds that the definition of Pratyaksa is 'Indriyarthasannikarsotpannam jnanam avyapadesyam avyabhicari vyavasayatmakam'? · Ans: A
  94. An argument form is invalid if and only if: · Ans: B
  95. Match List I with List II and choose the correct option. List I (Name): (A) Commutation, (B) Distribution, (C) Transposition, (D) Material implication. List II (Form): (i) (p ∨ q) ≡ (q ∨ p), (ii) (p ⊃ q)… · Ans: A
  96. Match List I (Mood) with List II (Figure) and choose the correct answer: · Ans: A
  97. Truth is an attribute of a/an: · Ans: A
  98. Which one of the following symbolic forms represents the principle of Identity correctly? · Ans: C
  99. Consider the following argument-form and identify the rule of inference involved: (p ⊃ q) · (r ⊃ s); p ∨ r; therefore q ∨ s. · Ans: D
  100. Which one of the following is a Conditional? · Ans: C

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